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**Haste** · 06-01-2024, 04:04 PM,

Discovery Freelancer 5.1 "Aftershock" update patch notes
December 24th 2023 - June 1st 2024

USEFUL LINKS
Dev Diary #1 Announcement of the Rheinland Update - Systems news
Dev Diary #2 Freeports And Other Fluff - Stations talk
Dev Diary #3 More System Changes & Other Things - Systems, Balance talk
Dev Diary #4 The Inter-Class Balance Puzzle - Balance news
Dev Diary #5 The Story So Far - Story news
Dev Diary #6 The Little POB That Could - POBs, flhook
Dev Diary #7 Of People And Piracy - Economy news
Discovery Freelancer: Aftershock Release Date Announcement - Official 5.1 release thread
Patch 5.1 Teaser - 5.1 Video teaser

ART / MODELS
- Added: NEW Agincourt Bretonia Destroyer, replacing the Crecy.
- Added: NEW Bretonia Cruiser Heavy Turrets with new FX and models for the Agincourt.
- Added: Ontario menu THN scene.
- Added: Thuringia menu THN scene.
- Added: Ithaca menu THN scene.
- Added: New weapons exclusively found as rare drop from certain npc encounters:

New Weapons

- Added: Added new firing sound SFX for Battleship Kinetic Turret
- Added: Gold dust textures added to Dublin mining zone to indicate mining.
- Added: New mining effects for Gold ore veins and Helium asteroids.
- Changed: New impact effects for Light Mortar, Mortar and Heavy Mortar as well as the Gallic varients, Light Trebuchet, Trebuchet and Heavy Trebuchet.
- Changed: New missile and impact effects for Hurricane, Reaper, Marauder, Devastator and Vandal Missiles.
- Changed: Reduced Battleship Sunstorm Turret impact FX size
- Changed: New Battleship Flak effects for Houses and generic flaks.
- Changed: Adjusted effects on Capital Ship Explosion effects
- Changed: New FX for Claymore Railgun
- Changed: Various FX changes to Battleship weapons: Pulses, Ion Blasters, Thumpers, Sledge, Autopulse, EMP Flak explosion.
- Changed: Various FX changes to Cruiser weapons: Ion Blaster, Repeater, Blasters
- Changed: New Codename for Cruiser Defense Slot
- Fixed: Judgement MK 1 and MK 1 Turret effects changed.
- Fixed: Texture replaced and updated on the MND Cargo Pods that appear in space.

BALANCE
- Changed: Balance Changes Summary - Detailed 5.1 balance changes
- Changed: Cruise speed of all non-transport ships increased by 150 m/s. Note: Frigates use Gunboat engines, meaning they also cruise 150 m/s faster.
- Changed: The Dragon Battleship is now a Dragon Battlecruiser. Unlike most Battlecruisers it has two Battlecruiser Heavy Turret slots and two front sections. Geometry slightly adjusted to allow the docking bay to properly fit fighters and freighters.
- Changed: The Asteroid Miner has been reworked and is now capable of equipping Cruiser- and Battlecruiser-grade weaponry. It has been upscaled, no longer has a shield, and has several engine components that can be damaged and destroyed. Cargo space increased from 2,750 to 10,000. The Asteroid Miner cannot use tradelanes and cruises at 150 m/s. Despite its large amount of cargo space, the Asteroid Miner will continue to be useable for IDs with cargo restrictions that could previously use it.

ECONOMY
- Added: Vodka, Rum, Whiskey restored.
- Added: Split buy/sell prices. Should also work on POBs, so import/export POBs are more easily feasible without frequent manual price adjustments.
- Added: HRC resellers.
- Added: High Temperature Alloys restored, produced on The Ring and Wichter Station.
- Added: Nagel-Oster Crystals commodity, purchased by Ames Research Station. Hidden mineable, found in remote locations.
- Added: Propaganda producer added to revolutionary and House intel HQs. No consumers defined, not intended for trading.
- Added: Separated EFL Lane/Gate Parts and Ageira Lane/Gate Parts. Aimed to provide one buypoint in each system with a relevant lane/gate, choosing most 'secure' local station available.
- Changed: Significant update to the pricing calculation for 'resellers' (places that sell a commodity for more than its base value) that should create a much wider variety of viable routes.
- Changed: Hull Panel reseller added to Aralsk Research Station.
- Changed: Gunboat commanders (inc Nomad/Wild) set to volume 1, price increased to 250 from 25.
- Changed: Cruiser commanders set to volume 1, price increased to 500 from 80.
- Changed: Battleship commanders (inc Nomad) set to volume 1, price increased to 750 from 100.
- Changed: KuWild Pilots price increased from 20 to 60.
- Changed: Azurite Gas set to volume 2 to standardise with other ores.
- Changed: Hessian Tears consumer added to Aralsk Research Station and Foyle Shipyard.
- Changed: MOX changed from reseller to consumer on Foyle Shipyard and Arranmore.
- Changed: Gold consumer added to Aralsk Research Station and Vogtland Station.
- Changed: Consumer points for shipbuilding materials, eg gold/copper/niobium/hull panels, added to all unlawful shipyards.
- Changed: Passenger routes expanded.
- Changed: New trade and cargo piracy routes for alcohols and many other luxury commodities.
- Changed: Consumers for local and arterial HRCs added to appropriate unlawful bases to stimulate cargo piracy.
- Changed: Fence points for mined commodities and ores made much more widely accessible for unlawful factions.

ENCOUNTERS / NPCS
- Added: Several new encounters across Sirius.
- Added: Omicron Delta battlezone.
- Changed: Fixed formation issue that prevented Zoner transports from spawning.
- Changed: Level 19+ LSF fighters now play cloak FX when spawning.
- Changed: Nomad and Wild ships now play cloak FX when spawning.
- Changed: Nomad Vagrant NPCs now play a jump-in FX when spawning.
- Changed: Nomad and Vagrants now have their own separate internal NPC archetypes.
- Changed: Corsair trade NPCs can now also fly the Corsair Transport, Corsair Train, Hogosha Frigate.
- Changed: Zoner trade NPCs can now also fly the Draugr, Voyager, BW Transport, BW Train, Serenity, Zoner Whale, Peregrine.
- Changed: Rheinland Wild spawn type created; these NPCs now use a far wider range of ships, including civilian and Rheinland (un)lawful.
- Changed: Frankfurt NPC patrol paths overhauled, including BHG, Bundschuh, Core, Corsair, Junker, MND, Order, Independent Pirate, RFP, RM, Unioner paths. NPC zone and trade lane traffic expanded.
- Changed: Frankfurt PvE gunboat conflict zone added near Deactivated Munich Jump Gate (Corsair, RM, Bundschuh)
- Changed: Hamburg NPC patrol paths overhauled, including BHG, Bundschuh, Junker, Independent Pirate, Liberty Rogue, RFP, RM, Unioner paths. NPC zone and trade lane traffic expanded.
- Changed: Omega-41 patrol paths extended, including Red Hessians, Core, Order and Wild.
- Changed: Omicron Theta patrol paths overhauled, including BHG, Core, Corsairs, Nomads, Order, Outcasts, Wild, Zoners.
- Changed: Omicron Delta patrol paths overhauled, including BHG, Core, Corsairs, Nomads, Order, Outcasts, Wild, Zoners.
- Changed: Pennsylvania NPC patrol paths overhauled, including BHG, Junkers, LN, LPI, LSF, Xenos, Zoner Militants (Ind Pirate) paths. NPC zone and trade lane traffic expanded.
- Changed: Pennsylvania PvE gunboat conflict zone added near damaged Pilgrim solar (LN, LSF, BHG, LH, LR, Xeno, Zoner Militant (Ind Pirate).
- Changed: Multiple beginner / snub PvE Encounters added to Pennsylvania - details in Valley Forge Station bar news.
- Changed: Sigma 19 patrol paths extended, including Order, Core, Wild.
- Changed: Tau-23 KNF encounter updated.
- Changed: Hokkaido Blood Dragon encounter difficulty lowered.
- Changed: Omega-3 Hessian encounter updated.
- Changed: Tau-23 Outcast encounter updated.
- Changed: Adjusted Encounter Cruiser AI.
- Fixed: Omicron Theta Outcast encounter not spawning.
- Fixed: Several NPC Loadout errors.

FLHOOK
- Added: New flhook features:

Buy/Sell prices - Bases are now capable of selling and purchasing items at different prices. POBs also have this implemented, with /shop commands letting you take full advantage of this. Do note that this feature is only fully supported in multiplayer. In singleplayer the 'sell' price is purely visual.
Blindfire toggle - You can now toggle your crosshair snapping onto reticles. Mostly useful for caps 'blindfiring' their guns. The desync associated with blindfiring has also been *severely* reduced. Fire away, but aim first!
Friendly Fire prevention - Grouped player ships no longer produce a reticle that your crosshair can snap onto.

- Changed: Enhanced POB experience - POBs now behave a lot closer to an NPC base. They will do the following:

- Show their affiliation on mouseover.
- Produce a natural undock animation.
- Will shoot and be shot by enemy NPCs
- If neutral, they will turn hostile if an allied NPC is hostile to the player.
- POB hostility mentioned above will only extend to the 'main body' of the base, the defense platforms continue to only ever turn hostile during vulnerability period.
- POBs Infocards, accessible by F9 keybind or the Info button in top right corner, now lists the base affiliation, base description set by the administrators, vulnerability window as well as stock and prices of administrator-selected commodities. Marketing!

- Added: Player Info. Player information, originally intended for character backstory summaries that used to be accessible only by /showinfo command, now displays on the F9 infoscreen. It now also allows for limited text formatting(experimental).
- Changed: Reworked infocards - Plenty of baked-in infocards have been reworked. More notable changes include:

- Station/Planet infocards no longer produce incredibly dull and long list of sold equipment
- Equipment infocards heavily reworked to include a very wide variety of stats such as efficiency, dps, ammo limits and so on; As well as fixing problems with incorrect data being presented, such as lack of information about multiple gun barrels, shield damage being misinterpreted, and so on.

- Added: Launcher ammo stacking:

- Selected ammo based weapons will now allow you to stock more ammo. Ammo stacking is telegraphed through the equipment stats.
Pre-5.0 also had this feature but available exclusively through autobuy, as well as not communicating which weapons could benefit. 5.0 culled it completely due to lack of transparency.

- Changed: Mines/Missile changes:

- Both Mines and Missiles can now have Arming Time property. Arming Time causes the munition to simply vanish if it collides with a valid target before a specific time elapses.
- Self-detonating mines: Selected mines are now self-detonating at the end of their lifetime.

- Added: System Wall:

- All systems now have an invisible wall at 200k away from the system center. Coming in contact with the wall disables your engines and stops you completely.

- Fixed: Group Location Fix:

- Game will now render location of all group members on the minimap, instead of a single one.

- Fixed: Waypoint bugfix:

- While flying through a multi-system waypoint path, passing through coordinates of a waypoint in a different system will no longer clear that waypoint.

- Fixed: Multi-Engine kill:

- Not used in 5.1, but engine kill now affects all engines, instead of just the first one found. Might allow for multi-engine balance decisions in the future.

INFOCARDS
- Added: Added: 118 additional news articles (more pending implementation).
- Added: 60+ new rumors in Leeds.
- Added: Infocards for the "Disintegrator" and "Witherer" turrets for the Agincourt, and the "Blunderbuss" defense mortar.
- Changed: Alaska base infocards updated to current story.
- Changed: RGS faction name (and associated infocards) reverted back to Imperial Shipping. Rumours adjusted where necessary.
- Changed: Rheinland Police faction name (and associated infocards) reverted back to Rheinland Federal Police.
- Changed: Bering, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed.
- Changed: Cologne, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed.
- Changed: Frankfurt, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed. Many new infocards added.
- Changed: Galileo, Battleship Atum updated.
- Changed: Hamburg, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed. Many new infocards added.
- Changed: Hudson, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed.
- Changed: New Berlin, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed.
- Changed: Omega-7, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed. Many new infocards added.
- Changed: Omega-11, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed.
- Changed: Omega-58, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed. Many new infocards added.
- Changed: Omicron Theta, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed. Many new infocards added.
- Changed: Ontario, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed. Many new infocards added.
- Changed: Pennsylvania, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed.
- Changed: Sigma-15, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed.
- Changed: Stuttgart, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed.
- Changed: Thuringia, all bases, asteroid fields, solars reviewed.
- Changed: Colorado, Battlecruiser Wyoming updated.
- Changed: Galileo, Battleship Atum updated.
- Changed: Omega 41, Battleship Zuschen updated.
- Changed: Omicron Delta, Battleship Delos updated.
- Changed: Shikoku, Fuchu Prison updated.
- Fixed: Omicron Theta Zoner fighter wreck names.
- Fixed: Eisenach infocard.
- Fixed: Silver ore infocard.
- Fixed: Languedoc star infocard.
- Fixed: Gaian engines' infocards listing wrong top speed.
- Fixed: Golden Dragon Casino rumor referencing a nonexistent base.
- Fixed: Ile de France rumor infocard typo.
- Fixed: Weimar infocards.
- Fixed: Auxo GB turret infocard.
- Fixed: Typo in the dark matter core infocard.
- Fixed: Wendell Ice Field renamed to Weddell Ice Field.
- Fixed: Osaka infocard.
- Fixed: Trade Lanes and Jump Gates now show properly show TRADE LANE and JUMP GATE in the F9 window.

SYSTEMS
- Added: Sigma-13 - New Berlin jumphole.
- Added: Sigma-13 - Sigma-17 jumphole.
- Added: New Tokyo orbit progression.
- Added: Many freeports now display their ships for sale outside and F9 reveals more information on these ships.
- Added: Ithaca Bar scene + 40 rumors.
- Added: Order Recon Cruiser visiting Corfu Station.
- Added: Sigma-19, Liner Samsara (dockable).
- Added: Stuttgart, Karlsruhe Debris Field + wrecks.
- Added: Stuttgart, numerous wrecks.
- Added: Barrow Base Ship Dealer and new ship sellpoints.
- Added: Rheinland gunboat wrecks.
- Added: Dublin Gold Ore nebula.
- Added: New Dublin patrol paths.
- Added: (Zoner) Militant IFF and ID added.
- Added: Minefield around the Dresden - New Berlin Jumpgate.
- Added: New system: Uncharted 6.
- Added: New system: Omega-58.
- Changed: Thuringia reworked.
- Changed: Connecticut reworked.
- Changed: Pennyslvania reworked.
- Changed: Ontario reworked.
- Changed: Sigma-15 reworked. - Link
- Changed: Frankfurt minor rework.
- Changed: Hamburg minor rework.
- Changed: Several systems upscaled in light of cruise speed buffs.

Systems upscaled

- Changed: Many system changes in the Sigmas.
- Changed: Many system changes in Rheinland and surrounding systems.
- Changed: All faction IFF infocards rewritten, allies, enemies updated. Competitors list added to corporate factions.
- Changed: Removed unused IFFs, including former guard IFFs.
- Changed: Removed 41 unused IDs, updated all IDs in regards to the ID rework.
- Changed: Slightly adjusted the universe map position of several systems.
- Changed: Unstable jumpholes now permit all ships through as long as they have fewer than 650 cargo in their active hold.
- Changed: Several Kepler QoL changes.
- Changed: Several Inverness changes.
- Changed: Minor Copernicus changes.
- Changed: Minor Dublin changes.
- Changed: Minor Leeds changes.
- Changed: Minor Vespucci changes.
- Changed: Minor Kansas changes.
- Changed: Ryuujin sold at Yokohama. Sapporo now sells Kamome, Ahoudori, Heavy Tanker.
- Changed: Leeds overhauled; LD-14 wreck removed, Glasgow debris field added, Glasgow wreck moved, Stokes wreck moved to Stokes field, Construction Site Depot renamed to Stokes Reconstruction Site.
- Changed: Vagrant Lair now sells jump drives and hybrid cloaks, no longer sells nomad cloaks.
- Changed: Zoner and Freelancer NPCs now have generic ranks.
- Changed: Renamed several internal faction names to better match their current descriptive name.
- Changed: RPA ID tractor color.
- Changed: Coronado - Barrier Gate Stations.
- Changed: Sigma-13 - Newport Station.
- Changed: Omega-41 - Freeport 5.
- Changed: Shikoku - Noshima Freeport.
- Changed: Minor New Tokyo changes.
- Changed: Omega-7 - Ithaca Base.
- Changed: California - Fontana Freeport.
- Changed: Sigma-13 - Sigma-15 jumpgate swapped to Sigma-13 - Frankfurt.
- Changed: Atka Research Station area edited to reflect the story changes.
- Changed: Battlecruisers Tercio and Augusta retreated back home.
- Changed: Moved the Galileo-Copernicus jumphole inside the Raiden cloud.
- Changed: Battleship Delos moved to Omicron Delta.
- Changed: Bruchsal visual update.
- Changed: IDF-Burgundy jumphole re-located.
- Changed: Amarillo base now permits all ships to dock.
- Changed: Syracuse Base relocated from New York to Denver orbit.
- Changed: Battleship Zuschen relocated from Stuttgart to Omega-41.
- Changed: Carrier Soltau relocated from Stuttgart to Hamburg.
- Changed: Quality of life improvements in Omicron Theta, Delta, Zeta, Mu, Pi, Omega-41.
- Changed: Outcast ship sellpoints reshuffled (Sabre is back on Malta).
- Changed: Durham moved back to Leeds orbit.
- Changed: Scottsdale base relocated.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Lehigh relocated from Colorado to Ontario.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Yellowstone relocated from Coronado to California.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Tuscaloosa repositioned from California to Inverness.
- Changed: Cologne, Battleship Karlsruhe Debris Field + wrecks removed.
- Changed: Cologne, Cruiser Schwarzwald moved to Weisskugelfeld.
- Changed: Cologne, Geneva Base model updated.
- Changed: New Berlin, Wildau Station transferred to EFL Oil & Machinery, model updated.
- Changed: Minor New Tokyo changes.
- Changed: Omicron Delta, Battleship Delos deployed to Palau Ice Cloud.
- Changed: Omicron Theta, Freeport 9 model updated. Multiple wrecks added.
- Fixed: Several crashes caused by NPCs.

List of crashes fixed

- Fixed: Several non-referenced exclusion zones causing various issues.

List of systems with incorrect exclusion zones

- Fixed: Added proper equipment to all Nomad stations and Lichtenfelde.
- Fixed: Essen Station now sells gunboat guns.
- Fixed: Battlecruiser Santander now sells Corsair snub guns.
- Fixed: Tau-61 debris field radiation damage.
- Fixed: Invergordon Pilgrim Liner clipping.
- Fixed: Northeim Base turned into Freital.
- Fixed: Schatten now sells the MND ID.
- Fixed: Added entry point buoys around Melun Station.
- Fixed: Cologne-Stuttgart IFF changed from neutral to Rheinland Police.
- Fixed: Added the ship dealer to Weimar.
- Fixed: Islay Base stray part moved to the base's vicinity.
- Fixed: Mining array sellpoint added to Hamburg.
- Fixed: Several capital ship fuses incorrectly assigned.
- Fixed: Ontario mission vignette spawning inside the sun.
- Fixed: Ronneburg quickdock lights added.
- Fixed: Gran Canaria information dealer.
- Fixed: Corsair ID added to Ciutadella.
- Fixed: Dresden collapsed jumphole in top left culled.
- Fixed: Sheffield Station now sells BHG technology.
- Fixed: Random Military NPCs in Sigma-13.
- Fixed: Random Military ID added to Battleship Altenburg.
- Fixed: Several misplaced Alaska weapon platforms.
- Fixed: New Paris crash bug caused by an NPC.
- Fixed: Duplicate object entries in several systems.
- Fixed: Missing coalition npc last name.
- Fixed: Missouri now calls itself Missouri again.
- Fixed: BIS NPCs spawning in Omega-48.
- Removed: Arbitrary capital ship patrols ruining player interaction.
- Removed: Frankfurt - New Berlin jumphole.
- Removed: Curacao atmospheric entry point.
- Removed: Antonio. He is gone now. I, Somb, am now taking over! Haha!

CREDITS

Developers:
@Aingar - Coding
@Alex. - Keeping It All Running
@Antonio - Systems, NPCs, Infocards
@Chxlls - infocards
@CuteyCAI - Art
@Erremnart - Infocards
@Haste - Art, Balance, Economy
@jammi - Economy, infocards, Systems, NPCs
@Jaypate - Art, Models
@Kauket - Art
@pillow - Balance, NPCs
@Sombs - Systems, infocards, NPCs
@Titan* - Encounters, NPCs
@Wildkins - Art, Systems
@Wesker - Infocards

Community:
@Geno - Infocards
@Proselyte - Infocards
@Karst - Economy
@firesilver - Infocards
@Petitioner - Infocards, Economy
@TheKusari - Systems
@Skorak - Infocards, Systems
@Solo Wing Sagume - Infocards

Infocard review project
@"Arne" - infocards
@Geoffacake - infocards
@LunaticOnTheGrass - infocards
@Markam - infocards
@Prysin - infocards
@TheSauron - infocards, art.
@Traxit - infocards

ADDITIONAL SOURCES

VFX Textures from VFExtra
Sounds from https://www.zapsplat.com/
Sounds from https://freesound.org/
Lava Textures from Freelancer HD Edition.
VFX Textures from Freelancer Aftermath.

Groshyr · 06-01-2024, 04:15 PM,

Is it possible to turn back when in the system wall?

**Fab** · 06-01-2024, 05:15 PM,

give zoner militant ID cruiser access Sad

ARES / Faction Information / Feedback

Chronicron · 06-01-2024, 05:54 PM,

this looks great, good job @Antonio

**Sombs** · 06-01-2024, 05:54 PM,

It's official, Haste wanted this to be the Pride Month Patch!

Uncharted System Stories: 18 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 85

Templates: Character | Transmissions

Reddy · 06-01-2024, 05:56 PM,

"Removed: Antonio. He is gone now. I, Somb, am now taking over! Haha!"

So Bantonio is now official

**Aingar** · 06-01-2024, 06:08 PM,

(06-01-2024, 04:15 PM)Groshyr Wrote: Is it possible to turn back when in the system wall?

Yes, it only stops you when moving in any direction away from the system center. It's not a sticky fly-trap :]

Nodoka Hanamura · (This post was last modified: 06-01-2024, 06:11 PM by Nodoka Hanamura.)

Who made the Claymore, and how do I show my appreciation? I finally forgive you guys for turning the Spatial into a flying dorito.

Also, really pretty work from Nyx and the system devs on Omega-58's pulsar. Exceptionally pretty, reminds me of FSD Boosting off those kinds of stars back in my Elite days.

Darkseid667 · (This post was last modified: 06-01-2024, 07:14 PM by Darkseid667.)

Looks great, but maintaining POBs is now much more expensive with new prices for Basic Alloy and Water etc.. Has the daily demand been reduced to compensate for that?

PS: I see that the refined commodities have increased prices, too, so that the profit should be higher nonetheless, but for all other bases it seems harder.

LuckyOne · 06-01-2024, 07:14 PM,

Congrats to the team for what seems a quite successful release so far! Haven't had a single crash in an hour, which seems really promising! Smile

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